This is an analysis of the poem Leaving Them With A Choice that begins with:

When certain people refuse to listen,
With nothing to comprehend or learn......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aabcde AbXfba cgecgXXXgggfgd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001010 010010111 10100111011 1101001 1011001 10100001000101 1101001010 1101001000101 10001010010001 110110100 1110010011101 110001001001 010010 1001011100110 01010100001000 100001111 0011100100101 011101011001 1010101010001111 10000110 010111001 0110101000 1010 110101110101 0001011100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Leaving Them With A Choice;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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